The following gastrointestinal drug classes and medications: IBS with diarrhea (alosetron), IBS with constipation (lubiprostone), gastrointestinal anti-inflammatory (sulfasalazine), and pancreatic enzymes (pancrelipase).
Hi, i’m cathy with level up rn. in this video, i’m going to wrap up my coverage of gastrointestinal gastrointestinal anti-inflammatory medications, the video, i’m going to provide you guys of the facts i’ll be covering in this video, so definitely stay tuned for that. if you have our pharmacology, second edition
Flashcards, follow along. i won’t be covering every single medication or fact in these flashcards, but i’ll definitely try to hit the highlights. syndrome medications or ibs medications. one ibs medication to know is alosetron. alosetron is used for ibs with diarrhea, and it works by increasing the
Firmness of the stool and decreasing the sense of urgency to defecate. the key side effect with this medication is constipation. and in fact, this medication has a black-box warning due to the complications of constipation and the risk for ischemic colitis. lubiprostone is used for ibs with constipation.
So it works by increasing fluid secretion in the intestine and increasing intestinal motility. side effects can include diarrhea, nausea, and headache. so the way i remember these medications and our little cool chicken hint here on the card is that alosetron, which is spelled a-l-o-s-e ends in that stone is for
Stone-like poop, next, we have sulfasalazine, which is a gi anti-inflammatory medication. it can be used to treat irritable bowel syndrome. it can also be used to treat irritable bowel diseases such as crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. it works by inhibiting prostaglandins synthesis, which helps to
Decrease inflammation in the colon. side effects can include blood dyscracias. so this includes anemia as well as agranulocytosis. so agranulocytosis is where we have a decrease in the number of granulocyte, which are a type of white blood cell. other side effects can include gi upset, rash, headache, crystal urea, and
Fever. so some important patient teaching we want to do medication may cause orange-yellow discoloration of their urine and or skin. also, we’re going to want to monitor their cbc levels during therapy including pancrelipase. pancrelipase insufficiency due to a disorder such as cystic fibrosis or pancreatitis, or
If they’ve had gi bypass surgery. so the pancreas plays an important role in digestion, right? it brings digestive enzymes into the intestine. so if our pancreas isn’t working well, then our intestines are not getting those digestive enzymes. so this is where this medication comes in. it is there to help with
Digestion of fat, carbohydrates, and protein. so side effects of this medication can include diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain. we want to provide teaching for our patients because they need to take this medication immediately before or with their meals and snacks to allow for that our patients to swallow the pills
Whole, difficulty swallowing the pills, you can open apple sauce, and they can take it that way. so our cool chicken hint for remembering this medication. if you look at the medication name, it is pancrelipase, and it starts with that pancre, which helps you to remember the pancreas, and that this
Medication is used when the pancreas isn’t getting its job done right. all right, so that is it for our gi medications, and are you guys ready for your quiz? i have three questions for you. the risk for constipation and ischemic colitis? used to improve digestion in patients with cystic fibrosis? answer is should
Be taken immediately before or with meals and snacks. okay. i hope this these little quizzes at the end of the video. i invite you to subscribe to our channel and share a link with your classmates and friends in nursing school. if you found value in this video, be sure and hit the like button, what you found particularly helpful.
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IBS Meds, GI Anti-inflammatory, Pancreatic Enzymes – Pharmacology (Pharm) – GI System -@Level Up RN By Level Up RN
